In 2005, he founded the Hot Club Roma group, which emerged from the meeting of some musicians passionate about the music of the great Belgian composer and performer “Django Reinhardt.”
The group worked on an initial project and performed in the most prestigious venues in Rome and various Italian festivals. This project led them to release their first CD “Swing From Rome” published by “Wide Sound Records.”
In 2007, he collaborated with Italian guitarist Dario Pinelli, performing in numerous concerts in Italy and abroad. Together with Pinelli, he participated in the making of a video clip “The Vamp” by the Italian Gypsy Jazz Trio”. TRJ records editions. Still with Dario Pinelli, he recorded for the Cinik Records two tracks for the soundtrack of the Italian film, “La Casa Sulle Nuvole” directed by Claudio Giovannesi. Music by Enrico Melozzi and Claudio Giovannesi, editions Warner Chappell. The film’s music won, in 2009, an award for the best Italian Cinematic soundtrack of the year.
In the summer of 2008, he participated in the Acri (Cs) Festival dedicated to Manouche music, where he performed on stage in two concerts, the first with the “Dario Pinelli Quartet” and the second with the great “Angelo Debarre”, one of the greatest living interpreters of Gypsy Jazz, Luca Mannutza on piano, Dario Pinelli, Walter Clerici. In August 2009, he had the honour of accompanying one of the greatest living interpreters of the Manouche genre “DORADO SCHMITT” in a concert held in Rome in the beautiful setting of the “Villacelimontana Jazz Festival.”
In the summer of 2008, he participated in the Acri (Cs) Festival dedicated to Manouche music, where he performed on stage in two concerts, the first with the “Dario Pinelli Quartet” and the second with the great “Angelo Debarre”, one of the greatest living interpreters of Gypsy Jazz, Luca Mannutza on piano, Dario Pinelli, Walter Clerici.
In August 2009, he had the honour of accompanying one of the greatest living interpreters of the Manouche genre “DORADO SCHMITT” in a concert held in Rome in the beautiful setting of the “Villacelimontana Jazz Festival.”
In 2012, the meeting with Giorgio Tirabassi, also a great enthusiast of Django’s music, marked a turning point for the Hot Club Roma. Gianfranco Malorgio proposed to Giorgio Tirabassi to stage Django’s life in a show where, in addition to playing the guitar, he tells the most important steps, anecdotes, and tragedies that characterized the life of this great musician – entitled “Django Reinhardt, the lightning with three fingers” subsequently represented in various theaters and festivals and with which they opened the “Roma Jazz Festival 2014” at the Teatro Torlonia.
Still with Tirabassi, the HCR played in quintet in London on two dates in January 2015 and 2016 at the famous venue dedicated to Django “Le Quecumbar” the lineup: Giorgio Tirabassi, Moreno Viglione, Gianfranco Malorgio, Gian Piero Lo Piccolo, and Renato Gattone. They also participated, always in quintet with Tirabassi, in radio broadcasts: Rai Radio2 StaiSerena; Radio Rock Roma, and guests at Webnotte Repubblica Tv for two editions, where Moreno Viglione also still plays with Marck Hanna’s Resident Band for multiple editions. The project with Giorgio Tirabassi is still active and is presented in theaters and Italian festivals.
